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"Mercy Bound" by Edwin McCain
From the album "Mercy Bound"
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Tabbed by: Aaron Field
Email: edhead@tampabay.rr.com
Standard Tuning
Chords used:
Esus4F#m7Bsus2Bbm7Asus2ECDAsus4E/G#
e|--0-----0------0-----0------0----0---0---2---0-----0--|
B|--0-----0------0-----0------0----0---1---3---0-----5--|
G|--9-----2------4-----7------2----1---0---2---6-----4--|
D|--9-----2------4-----7------2----2---2---0---7-----2--|
A|--7-----0------2-----x------0----2---3---0---7-----x--|
E|--0-----2------0-----7------0----0---0---x---5-----4--|
Listen to the CD for strumming patterns.
Intro: Esus4 - Esus4 - F#m7 - Bsus2
Verse 1:
Esus4
Late last night I awoke in a dream
Bbm7F#m7Bsus2
To the sound of a voice that was almost a scream, oh oh oh
Esus4
From out of the city and out of the street
Bbm7F#m7Bsus2
Out where the wind hits the cold concrete, oh oh oh
Pre-Chorus 1:
Asus2EAsus2EAsus2EBsus2
It's cold out side, dark ness, your enemy
Asus2EAsus2EAsus2EF#m7
No place to hide, the voice said this to me
Chorus 1:
Asus2
In your doorways I have shivered
Bsus2
In your alleys I have gone to ground
F#m7
I will be delivered
Bsus2Esus4 - F#m7 - Bsus2
Someday I will be mercy bound
Verse 2:
Esus4
I dreamed again it was West L.A.
Bbm7F#m7Bsus2
On a crowded street on a hot summer day, she was alone
Esus4
Three months late and beginning to show
Bbm7
In a midriff blouse she would soon outgrow
F#m7Bsus2
She had no one to call and no way home
Pre-Chorus 2:
Asus2EAsus2EAsus2EBsus2
And in my mind I knew I'd seen myself
Asus2EAsus2EAsus2EF#m7
But in our blindness, always seems like someone else
Chorus 2:
Asus2
There I was a rag a bone
Bsus2
A remnant in your lost and found
F#m7
I was for once truly alone
Bsus2E
Longing to be mercy bound
Bridge:
C
And I knew that I would wander as a child
D
In the forest 'til they found me
C
And I called out to them but I could not penetrate
EF#m7Bsus2
The silence all around me
Pre-Chorus 3:
Asus2EAsus2EAsus2EBsus2
And when I wake I know you'll comfort me
Asus2EAsus2EAsus2EF#m7
And I won't sleep again for an eternity
Chorus 3:
Asus2
But others lie awake at night
Bsus2
In desperation more profound
F#m7
And the coming of the morning light
Bsus2E
Will not see them mercy bound
Asus4E/G#
And some will never dream again
F#m7Bsus2
From sleeping on the ground
Asus2
Just longing to belong
Bsus2Asus2
Dying to be mercy bound
F#m7
please don't stop your dreaming
Bsus2Esus4F#m7
Someday we'll all be mercy bound
Bsus2Esus4
Someday mercy bound
F#m7Bsus2E
oohhhhh, ohhhhhhh